LAW ENFORCEMENT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 583 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 12, 2011
TO ALLOW ONLY STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY UNLESS A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM A STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR INVESTIGATING A CRASH.
Intro. by Apodaca.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Senate Action) (Apr 14 2011)

Bill History:

S 583

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 12 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 20-114 to provide that it is the duty of every city or village police officer and every sheriff, deputy sheriff and other county officers to arrest those committing a violation within the limits of their jurisdiction, except on the interstate highways. Further adds the requirement that a local law enforcement officer enforce the Article (Motor Vehicle Act), despite the new limitation, if the officer (1) has been requested to assist a State law enforcement officer in enforcing the Article, (2) is responding to an emergency situation within the officer’s territorial jurisdiction, or (3) is investigating a crash within the officer’s territorial jurisdiction. Provides that prosecutions for offenses committed before the date that the act becomes law are not abated or affected by the act and the statutes that would be applicable but for the act remain applicable to those prosecutions.